Double Cross by Malorie Blackman
Just this once . . . Please let me get away with it just this once . . . Tobey wants a better life - for him and his girlfriend Callie Rose. He wants nothing to do with the gangs that rule the world he lives in. But when he's offered the chance to earn some money just for making a few 'deliveries', just this once, would it hurt to say 'yes'? One small decision can change everything . . . The fourth novel in Malorie Blackman's powerful Noughts & Crosses sequence.
"Few writers can sustain a plot as well as Malorie Blackman" * Sunday Telegraph *
"The danger of being sucked into and destroyed by this violent world is brilliantly handled by Blackman. . Blackman hangs an old story on a modern frame with terrific resonance" * Inis *
"Blackman gets people, especially young adults, in all their tentativeness, determination and energy. She gets humanity as a whole, too. Most of all she writes a stonking good story" * Carousel *
"This is a highly intelligent thriller with important things to say, and once again the distance between Blackman's imagined world and present-day inner city is beautifully judged. It deserves, and will find, a wide teenage readership" * The School Librarian *
"It fizzes with strong emotion and grips with its authenticity, a highly-skilled piece of writing by a writer with all the right instincts . . . Gutsy, spot-on and relevant . . . and shocking too. A great read" -- Phil Hewitt * Chichester Observer *
"The danger of being sucked into and destroyed by this violent world is brilliantly handled by Blackman. . Blackman hangs an old story on a modern frame with terrific resonance" * Inis *
"Blackman gets people, especially young adults, in all their tentativeness, determination and energy. She gets humanity as a whole, too. Most of all she writes a stonking good story" * Carousel *
"This is a highly intelligent thriller with important things to say, and once again the distance between Blackman's imagined world and present-day inner city is beautifully judged. It deserves, and will find, a wide teenage readership" * The School Librarian *
"It fizzes with strong emotion and grips with its authenticity, a highly-skilled piece of writing by a writer with all the right instincts . . . Gutsy, spot-on and relevant . . . and shocking too. A great read" -- Phil Hewitt * Chichester Observer *
MALORIE BLACKMAN has written over sixty books and is acknowledged as one of today’s most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Children’s Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to children’s books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children’s literature. She has been described by The Times as `a national treasure’. Malorie Blackman was the Children’s Laureate 2013–15.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780552559607 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552559601 |
| Title | Double Cross |
| Author | Malorie Blackman |
| Series | Noughts And Crosses |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 2009-08-06 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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